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The coulter is made of a single plate of steel, about two and a-half inches in 

 -width, with two points and two cutting edges, and is fastened with a single bolt 

 to the plate post ; and when one point is dulled by use, it is reversed, and a new 

 cutting edge and point is jiresented — thus giving about four times as much cut- 

 ting edge as the common coulter. 



It will be observed, that the position of the coulter is such that it forms with 

 the base of the plough an acute angle, making an important item in the easy 

 draught of the plough. An ordinary day's work with one span of horses is one 

 and a half to two acres. 



TRANSFORMABLE PLOUGH, No. 2. 



This engraving exhibits the same plough, with the wheel, share, coulter, and 

 rods, used in breaking, removed, and a steel share and mould-board, of any 

 desired size and form, applied. 



It requires the ploughman but a few minutes to make the change, and it is 

 then ready for ploughing stubble, and all descriptions of cultivated lands. 



The steel mould-board and share, costing about five dollars, takes the place 

 of the oi'dinary steel j^Iough, which costs from ten to fifteen dollars, according to 

 size and quality. 



Although this improvement is new, it has been thoroughly tested and approved 

 by some of the best farmers in Wisconsin. The usual breaking plough is used 

 for a short time only, in each season, and is useless for the balance of the year — 

 while this plough, capable of being changed for the purposes above described, 

 and being used by the ordinary farm team, instead of thi'ee to six yoke of oxen, 

 supplies a deficiency hitherto unprovided for. 



Best harrow ; Thompson Littell, Milwaukee. Diploma. 



Best cultivator, Thompson Littell, Milwaukee. Diploma. 



Best three horse evener; Simon Rublee, Beloit. Diploma. 



Best grain reaper (MoCormick's) ; A. P. Diekey, Racine. Dijtloma. 



